Fantastic Four: The World’s Greatest Comics Magazine! #5 (June 2001):
“New York Knockdown!”
by Erik Larsen, Eric Stephenson, Kurt Busiek, Keith Giffen, etc.

Fantastic Four: The World's Greatest Comics Magazine! #5

Title: “New York Knockdown!”

Medium: comic

Cover date: June 2001

Publisher:
Written by: Erik Larsen, Eric Stephenson, Kurt Busiek
Art by: Keith Giffen, Joe Bennett, Ron Frenz, Gordon Purcell, Al Gordon, Al Milgrom, Joe Sinnott, Bruce Timm

17 characters in this story:

Character (Click links for info about character and his/her religious practice, affiliation, etc.)	Religious Affiliation	Team(s) [Notes]	Pub.	# app.
The Thing (Ben Grimm)	Jewish	Fantastic Five; The Avengers...  The Fantastic Four; The Yancy Street Gang; U.S. Air Force; Unlimited Class Wrestling Federation		5,017
Human Torch (Johnny Storm)	Episcopalian	Fantastic Five; Fantastic Force...  Metro College; The Fantastic Four		4,393
Mr. Fantastic (Reed Richards)	humanist; portrayed alternatively as explicitly believing in God and as atheist	Fantastic Five; Illuminati...  The Avengers; The Fantastic Four		4,661
Invisible Girl (Susan Storm Richards)	Episcopalian	Lady Liberators; The Avengers...  The Fantastic Four		4,069
The Hulk (Bruce Banner)	Catholic (lapsed)	Hulkbusters; Pantheon...  Secret Defenders; The Avengers; The Defenders; The Order; The Ultimates; Warbound; Weapon X (Exiles); X-Saviours		4,551
Doctor Doom (Victor Von Doom)	Gypsy/Roma; magic/mysticism	Fearsome Four; The Cabal		1,176
Alicia Masters		[blind sculptress; long-time Thing girlfriend]		416
Black Bolt (Blackagar Boltagon)	Inhuman religion	Illuminati; Inhuman Royal Family...  Inhumans; Inhuman		505
Medusa (Medusalith Boltagon)	Inhuman religion	Inhuman Royal Family; Inhumans...  Inhuman; Lady Liberators; The Fantastic Four; The Frightful Four		416
Crystal (Crystalia Amaquelin Maximoff)	Inhuman religion	Inhuman Royal Family; Inhumans...  Inhuman; The Avengers; The Fantastic Four		531
Gorgon	Inhuman religion	Inhuman Royal Family; Inhumans...  Inhuman		317
Karnak	Inhuman religion (priest)	Inhuman Royal Family; Inhumans...  Inhuman		299
Triton	Inhuman religion	Inhuman Royal Family; Inhumans...  Inhuman		278
Lockjaw	N.A.	dog; Inhuman Royal Family...  Inhumans; Pet Avengers [teleporting dog; escort to Inhumans Royal Family]		257
Agatha Harkness	witch	[leader of New Salem; tutored Scarlet Witch]		152
Ebony	familiar	[familiar of Agatha Harkness, appears as black cat]		33
Randac (mentioned)  The Sacred Nexus of Randac was briefly stolen by Doctor Doom.	Inhuman religion	Inhuman [discoverd Terrigen Mists]		6

The "Sacred Nexus of Randac" first appears in this issue. It is explained as the source of the Terrigen Mists that are sacred to Inhuman religion and culture. In this issue, the Sacred Nexus of Randac was briefly stolen from the Inhumans by Doctor Doom.

This story was indexed from secondary sources only. The character list above is not necessarily comprehensive. Webpage for Fantastic Four: The World's Greatest Comics Magazine! #5 (June 2001) created 4 January 2011. Last modified 26 December 2013.

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